A poem by a bugler in the 32nd Michigan Infantry, which served on the US-Mexico border in 1916.

I’ve done my bit on the border
I wish I was in God’s country again
I’ve had my fill of the border
Of Greasers and border men
I’ve eaten the dirt of Texas
I’ve drank of the Rio Grande
I’ve grubbed mesquite in the cursed heat
(The Lo...